Pandemics

New pandemics research reported from B. Vidondo and co-authors

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 20th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Swiss Medical Weekly, "Principles: The evaluation of the capacity of a country's public health system in case of an influenza pandemic is essential for preparedness planning. Only a few studies have compared existing medical resources with those required during a severe pandemic."

"A sensitivity analysis was performed with the freely available simulation tool InfluSim to explore the expected number of outpatient visits and the hospital bed occupancy in an influenza pandemic in Switzerland. Plausible ranges were defined for unknown parameter values and random samples were taken from these ranges. A set of four...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2009-10-20)

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